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Tuesday, February 18, 2025
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A true romance film and of the highest artistic calibre has been reviewed in Opening Up a Treasure: Brief Encounter.
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Monday, February 17, 2025
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One of cinema’s most quintessential performances can be seen in 1947’s Possessed by the film’s star Joan Crawford.
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Wednesday, February 12, 2025
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Alfred Hitchcock's dazzling thriller, Foreign Correspondent (1940)
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Wednesday, February 5, 2025
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If I was in charge of choosing a single film noir for someone only willing to see one in the entire canon, I would select Double Indemnity (1944) as its most fulfilling and accomplished representative.
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Monday, January 27, 2025
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Barbara Stanwyck stars as a devoted wife trying to save her husband (played by Barry Sullivan) but equally determined to match wits against killer Ralph Meeker in order to do so, in the previously recommended (here) film noir, 1953's Jeopardy.
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Wednesday, January 22, 2025
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The multi-talented Gordon Parks made his directorial debut at age 57 with 1969's The Learning Tree based on his semi-autobiographical novel of the same name.
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Wednesday, January 1, 2025
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Anyone who wishes to extend the Holiday spirit might want to pay a little visit to Ernst Lubitsch's The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
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Thursday, December 26, 2024
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The expression "Don't judge a book by its cover" certainly applies to the film Kind Lady (1951)
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Wednesday, December 25, 2024
Merry Christmas Everyone!
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The next recommendation is another Hidden Gem (#40: Big Business 1929, U.S.A.)
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Tuesday, December 17, 2024
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“Yes, I can be very cruel. I have been taught by masters.”
Olivia de Havilland is The Heiress (1949)
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Monday, December 2, 2024
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Both tension and fear are at their zenith in Cape Fear (1962)
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Wednesday, November 27, 2024
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Although starting out as quite the common man, circumstances will turn this rather nondescript accountant played by Edmond O'Brien, into a kind of noir superhero in D.O.A. (1950)
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Wednesday, November 20, 2024
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The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) is an incisive look into how each of three returning servicemen adapt to civilian life at home after World War II.
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Thursday, November 7, 2024
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Dark Passage (1947) is a wildly engrossing film noir that combines the best of romance with the best of noir in the best location for both: San Francisco.
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Wednesday, November 6, 2024
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This next recommendation is a highly distinctive crime film, overflowing with noir goodness, 1949’s Too Late for Tears.
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Wednesday, October 23, 2024
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Viewers who dare to have their imaginations stretched considerably should be rewarded Where Eagles Dare (1968)
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